Unscramble CHECK

Words One Letter Away from CHECK

Swap a single tile in check and you get a different five-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 4 of the 5 letters, not all of them.

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CHECK Is a Valid Scrabble Word, and a Valid Words With Friends Word

check is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.

CHECK Is Worth 16 Points in Scrabble

CHECK Is Worth 17 Points in Words With Friends

The 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.

What Does CHECK Mean?

Dictionaries record thirty-eight senses for check. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 16 points on a Scrabble board:

• an appraisal of the state of affairs
• be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
• make cracks or chinks in
• a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
• examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
• develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
• the state of inactivity following an interruption
• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
• slow the growth or development of
• a written order directing a bank to pay money
• be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
• mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
• a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
• the act of inspecting or verifying
• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
• the bill in a restaurant
• put a check mark on or near or next to
• be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
• the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
• abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
• arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
• a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
• block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
• (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
• consign for shipment on a vehicle
• decline to initiate betting
• hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
• make an examination or investigation
• obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
• place into check
• stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
• stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
• verify by consulting a source or authority
• write out a check on a bank account

check is the only five-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing check unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.

What are the Highest-scoring Words from CHECK in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

The highest-scoring play from these letters is check, worth 16 points in Scrabble, and no other word from check earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.

How Many Words Can Be Made From CHECK?

The letters in check produce 4 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 five-letter word, 1 four-letter word and 2 two-letter words.